Norther Air Cargo - Any News?

[Alaskaairlines]

Hello Members!

I have heard that NAC (Northern Air Cargo) is going to lease a B757 for Pax service from IAH-ANC-Far East.
Can anybody supply some information on this? Will this happen, and when?

Thanks!

 

[A Squared]

I haven't heard anything of the sort. I don't work for NAC, but it's a small enough comminity that if something like that was really in the works, I think I would have heard about it.

Think about it: A company which has never hauled a single passenger in it's 30-40 years of existence, which has no passenger infrastructure, venturing into the international passenger market at a time when existing passenger airlines are parking planes left and right ....... doesn't make much sense does it?

Hey, stranger things have happened, but my guess is that you're the victm of an out of control rumor mill.


regards

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Well I am not the one who came up with the rumor! I read it on some reprt a while back, can't locate the link at the moment.

Just thought I would get some information from others.
Thanks!

 

[LAZYB]

Good Info

NAC & N7

 

[WrightAvia]

niche market...ever heard of it?

It's not like they are going to compete with Great Lakes Airlines or anything of a major fete like that eh?

I mean if those doaks at Great lakes can haul humans, why can't another airline? We're only talking about the difference of putting seats on the seat rail tracks, oxygen masks, life jackets, emergency slides at the doors (which are probably already there), a first aid kit or two and some trained flight attendants.

With 135 operations being flow by these bigger operators, they don't have to pull up to a gate and they are not doing 121 scheduled operations with these trips. It is specialized flying they are doing. Nothing new here, they have been doing 135 at the airlines for a long time now. The green bay packers charter airliners from northwest airlines all the time...you think nwa makes it or breaks it on the packers every year? I doubt it.

It is nothing new for airlines to do niche market stuff and it's no more of a big deal for a cargo airline to do people charters, than it is for a 121 airline to do them. I wish people would get it out of there heads that cargo is not a different set of rules than people...fed ex operates under 121 regulation and so does Northwest Airlines. Northwest hauls cargo also. Hmmmmm! whaz up wit dat? I seen a 747 with CARGO and northwest airline's paint and logo all over it. what is northwest thinking flying a few flights of cargo...should they do that. I mean it's kind of risky flying boxes in planes that people should be flying in, especially when you think of northwest airlines image being ruined by the fact that some of their planes are used for cargo only. It's just not right!!!

Nothing to see here folks....move on...